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t I al]c (Eanaîimn Blulcstmm Section Two Wednesday, June 6,1984 Ljurge itfv-jy-j* ; / / Newcastle mayor Garnet Rickard is more accustomed to holding the reins of government these days. But when he started farming he learned how to drive a team of horses and last week he had a chance to brush up on his skills. The mayor is at the reins of a percheron team drawing the mail coach from Ottawa to Toronto as part of Ontario's bicentennial celebrations. The coach stopped in Newcastle on Friday, June 1. " Letters are unloaded from the coach and taken to the Newcastle Post Office. Approximately 500 pieces of mail were cancelled at various locations along the way. In addition, Newcastle Mayor Garnet Rickard sent a letter of greeting to Toronto Mayor Art Eggleton, while Durham East MPP Sam Cureatz mailed a post card for Ontario's premier. Newcastle Mayor Garnet Rickard greets the mail coach, along with Durham East MPP Sam Cureatz and Postmaster Charles Gray. The large crowd included a contingent of students who took time from classes to watch the arrival of the coach. It must be well over a century century since anybody waited for the stagecoach to stop in Newcastle Village. So it's not surprising that the arrival of a mail coach travelling the historic Ottawa-Toronto Ottawa-Toronto route last Friday Friday afternoon attracted a sizeable crowd of school children and other spectators. spectators. The wait was longer than expected. But the team and hand-made replica of an Upper Canada mud coach arrived at the Newcastle Post Office within an hour of the publicized time. Considering Considering the fact that the group had been on the road since morning, when it left Cobourg, their appearance was well-timed. Postmaster Charles Gray explained that the stopover included the cancellation of approximately 500 pieces of mail which are being carried carried by the expedition along the pioneer . mail route. In addition, Newcastle Mayor Garnet Rickard and Durham East MPP Sam Cureatz posted their own correspondence for Toronto. Toronto. Mr. Cureatz, who was dressed in a black coat and top-hat for the occasion, said his post card was for Ontario Premier Bill Davis. It suggested that if the horse-drawn coach proves successful on this experimental experimental run, perhaps Canada Canada Post could consider using it 'on a permanent . basis. Mayor Rickard posted a letter of greetings to Toronto Toronto Mayor Art Eggleton. Veronica Mahon, one of four passengers in the coach, said the trek is the eighth annual mail run organized organized by a committee of the annual Settlers' Days celebration held in Smiths Falls. All of the other runs have been much shorter and confined confined to the Ottawa Valley. But this one is scheduled to last 12 days in order to not only advertise Smiths Falls' Settlers' Days but also commemorate commemorate the Ontario bicentennial. ! After a half hour's stop, the mail coach made its way up the hill and out of Newcastle Newcastle Village, heading west to its final destination in Toronto. But this time, the group had a new driver. Newcastle Newcastle Mayor Garnet Rickard took theireins from the regular regular driver Mery Flaunt to help speed the ttoyeller&on their bicentennial"journey. Orono Post Office Workers Greet Stage Coach LittlestHobo TV Segment Filmed Here on Weekend Cast rehearses a scene in preparation for final shooting during the weekend. The episode of The Littlest Hobo being filmed at the former Hol- The vacant Hollingshead factory in Bowmanville became the location for an upcoming episode of The Littlest Hobo during the weekend. The two-part episode being filmed in town is all about an aging firefighter who is helped by the Hobo. Some of the crew from Glen-Warren Productions Limited are shown here as they take a break between scenes. That's the canine star of the piogiam in the centre of the photo, just below the light and camera. lingshead factory was directed by A1 Waxman, who starred in King of Kensington. By Peter Parrott The man who teaches the Littlest Hobo has been a professional baseball player, manager manager and umpire. He has been an army officer, officer, night club owner, sports editor, film producer, producer, and writer. But the title which best describes Charles "Chuck" Eisenmann is a dog's best friend. Mr. Eisenmann was in Bowmanville during the weekend to tape segments of the TV series The Littlest Hobo. The former Hollingshead Hollingshead factory off Scugog St. attracted big crowds on both Saturday Saturday and Sunday as onlookers onlookers watched both the two-legged and four-legged actors at work. Chuck Eisenmann doesn't call himself a dog trainer. Instead, he prefers to be known as the teacher of the world's only "educated" "educated" dogs. "I consider each dog as I would a physically handicapped child," said Mr. Eisenmann when he describes the combination of understanding, understanding, compassion, and high expectations he brings to the instruction instruction of his animals. To illustrate this point, he stresses the importance of looking at the world from the viewpoint of someone .who may only stand 18 inches high and has no hands. This is the world in which the dog lives. When this fact is understood, understood, then the dog owner has some idea how to teach his pet. Not surprisingly, the renowned teacher has no faith in traditional obedience training and obedience classes because because he believes they produce robot dogs which are incapable of using their minds. He objects to the use of leashes or to training methods which include pushing the animal or pulling on collars. "Never use the word no," he adds. As an example of the right way to teach a dog, Mr. Eisenman points out that a dog will automatically automatically come to you if you show him something something that interests him. That's the first . step in teaching the animal animal to come when called. Even obedience- trained dogs are unlikely unlikely to know their names, says Mr. Eisenmann. Eisenmann. The dog will come when the owner calls his name. But he'll also answer if the owner calls "come here, Stupid" or uses some other name. Such a dog has been conditioned conditioned but he has not been educated. On the TV or movie set, Chuck Eisenmann approaches the day's acting requirements simply by telling the dog what to do in each scene. "I rehearse nothing," nothing," he said. "1 just have the dog do it." Waiting for the coach to arrive. This delegation from the Orono Post Office arrived in Newcastle with appropriate costumes for citizens from last century. They are shown here with Newcastle Postmaster Charles Gray (left). In costume are Jean Allen, Carole Boyd, Audrey Young, Blain Moffat, Connie Hooey and Marjorie Lowery. TV's Littlest Hobo became the "littlest firefighter" firefighter" for a few minutes on Saturday when he joined some of the Town of Newcastle firefighters who were taking part in the filming of an episode being shot in Bowmanville. The Town of Newcastle Newcastle Fire Department supplied one fire truck and several firefighters who will likely appear as extras extras in some of the scenes. Newcastle's fire department department staff also provided some of the technical advice for the episode entitled "firehorse' Shown here arc: (front row, from left): Gregg Cor den, platoon chief; Terry Hardy (station three Orono); The Littlest Hobo; Boh Wilson (statioi four, Courticc); and Ron Potter (station two, New castle). The back row, from led, includes Graydoi Brown, and Chief Jim Aldridge. Firefighters wen selected at random from the town's fire stations.